GM Klaus Bischoff (2494) wins the 86th German Championship title after tiebreakers. The event took place in the Hermann-Neuberger sports school in Saarbrücken. It was 9 round swiss event with 36 players.
It featured some of the strongest German players including GM Daniel Friedman, GM Igor Khenkin, GM Alexander Donchenko, GM Vitali Kunin, GM René Stern, IM Rasmus Svane, IM Hagen Poetsch, GM Klaus Bischoff, Dmitrij Kollars, FM Johannes Carow, IM Christian Braun, IM Dr. Erik Zude, Alexander Hilverda, FM Martin Voigt, Vincenz Keymer, FM Wilfried Bode, IM Herbert Bastian, etc.
8th seed Klaus Bischoff scored 6.5 points in 9 rounds of play, just as much as 4th seed GM Vitaly Kunin, but Bischoff won on tiebreakers. The bronze went to IM Rasmus Svane. Bischoff reclaimed his title from 2013, after dethroning Daniel Fridman, who won in 2014.
Final standings
| Rank | Name | Points | ELO |
| 1 | GM Klaus Bischoff | 6.5 | 2494 |
| 2 | GM Vitaly Kunin | 6.5 | 2485 |
| 3 | IM Rasmus Svane | 6 | 2492 |
| 4 | GM Daniel Fridman | 6 | 2482 |
| 5 | IM Erik Dr. Zude | 6 | 2422 |
| 6 | Dmitrij Kollars | 6 | 2386 |
| 7 | IM Hagen Poetsch | 6 | 2374 |
| 8 | IM Christian Braun | 6 | 2309 |
| 9 | GM Alexander Donchenko | 5.5 | 2423 |
| 10 | Vincent Keymer | 5.5 | 2341 |
| 11 | GM Rene Stern | 5 | 2459 |
| 12 | FM Jens Hirneise | 5 | 2439 |
| 13 | FM Wilfried Bode | 5 | 2390 |
| 14 | GM Igor Khenkin | 5 | 2387 |
| 15 | Alexander Hilverda | 5 | 2349 |
| 16 | ick Frischmann | 4.5 | 2449 |
| 17 | FM Johannes Carow | 4.5 | 2406 |
| 18 | IM Herbert Bastian | 4.5 | 2342 |
| 19 | Thomas Füllgrabe | 4.5 | 2265 |
| 20 | FM Dirk Paulsen | 4.5 | 2217 |
| 21 | Nick Müller | 4 | 2366 |
| 22 | Stefan Gröger | 4 | 2355 |
| 23 | FM Felix Stips | 4 | 2334 |
| 24 | FM Johannes Dorst | 4 | 2332 |
| 25 | Enis Zuferi | 4 | 2307 |
| 26 | Cornelius Middelhoff | 4 | 2289 |
| 27 | FM Martin Voigt | 4 | 2201 |
| 28 | Achim Wild | 3.5 | 2372 |
| 29 | Kai Mailitis | 3.5 | 2293 |
| 30 | FM Matthias Liedtke | 3.5 | 2248 |
| 31 | Stephan Tschann | 3 | 2341 |
| 32 | Daniel Margraf | 3 | 2329 |
| 33 | Max Weber | 3 | 2302 |
| 34 | Dieter Riegler | 2.5 | 2278 |
| 35 | Max Scherer | 2.5 | 2271 |
| 36 | Reinhold Müller | 2 | 2265 |
List of all German Champions
| Germany Champions since 1991 | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 2015 | Klaus Bischoff | |
| 2014 | Daniel Fridman | |
| 2013 | Klaus Bischoff | |
| 2012 | Daniel Fridman | |
| 2011 | Igor Khenkin | |
| 2010 | Niclas Huschenbeth | |
| 2009 | Arik Braun | |
| 2008 | Daniel Fridman | |
| 2007 | Arkadij Naiditsch | |
| 2006 | Thomas Luther | |
| 2005 | Artur Yusupov | |
| 2004 | Alexander Graf | |
| 2002 | Thomas Luther | |
| 2001 | Christopher Lutz | |
| 2000 | Robert Rabiega | |
| 1999 | Robert Hübner | |
| 1998 | Jörg Hickl | |
| 1997 | Matthias Wahls | |
| 1996 | Matthias Wahls | |
| 1996 | Rustem Dautov, Artur Yusupov | |
| 1995 | Christopher Lutz | |
| 1994 | Peter Enders | |
| 1993 | Thomas Luther, Thomas Pähtz | |
| 1991 | Vlastimil Hort | |
| West Germany Champions (1953-1989) | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 1989 | Vlastimil Hort, Eckhart Schmittdiel | |
| 1988 | Bernd Schneider | |
| 1987 | Vlastimil Hort, Ralf Lau | |
| 1984 | Eric Lobron | |
| 1983 | Anatoly Karpov (international) | |
| 1982 | Manfred Glienke | |
| 1981 | Lubomir Kavalek (international) | |
| 1980 | Eric Lobron | |
| 1979 | Boris Spassky, Yuri Balashov, Ulf Andersson (intl) | |
| 1978 | Ludek Pachman | |
| 1977 | Anatoly Karpov (international) | |
| 1976 | Klaus Wockenfuss | |
| 1975 | Walter Browne (international) | |
| 1974 | Peter Ostermeyer | |
| 1973 | Hans-Joachim Hecht, Ulf Andersson, Boris Spassky (intl) | |
| 1972 | Hans Günther Kestler | |
| 1971 | Svetozar Gligorić (international) | |
| 1970 | Hans-Joachim Hecht | |
| 1969 | Manfred Christoph | |
| 1967 | Robert Hübner, Hans Besser | |
| 1965 | Wolfgang Unzicker, Helmut Pfleger | |
| 1963 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| 1961 | Klaus Darga | |
| 1959 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| 1957 | Paul Tröger | |
| 1955 | Klaus Darga | |
| 1953 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| East Germany Champions 1950-1990 | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 1990 | Raj Tischbierek, Thomas Pähtz | |
| 1989 | Hans-Ulrich Grünberg | |
| 1988 | Lutz Espig, Thomas Pähtz | |
| 1987 | Raj Tischbierek | |
| 1986 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1985 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1984 | Rainer Knaak | |
| 1983 | Rainer Knaak, Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1982 | Rainer Knaak | |
| 1981 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1980 | Hans-Ulrich Grünberg | |
| 1979 | Lothar Vogt | |
| 1978 | Rainer Knaak | |
| 1977 | Lothar Vogt | |
| 1976 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1975 | Wolfgang Uhlmann, Rainer Knaak | |
| 1974 | Rainer Knaak | |
| 1973 | Burkhard Malich | |
| 1972 | Manfred Schöneberg | |
| 1971 | Lutz Espig | |
| 1970 | Friedrich Baumbach | |
| 1969 | Lutz Espig | |
| 1968 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1967 | Wolfgang Pietzsch | |
| 1965 | Lothar Zinn | |
| 1964 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1963 | Günther Möhring | |
| 1962 | Wolfgang Pietzsch | |
| 1961 | Lothar Zinn | |
| 1959 | Wolfgang Pietzsch | |
| 1958 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1957 | Burkhard Malich | |
| 1956 | Reinhart Fuchs | |
| 1955 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1954 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | |
| 1953 | Reinhart Fuchs | |
| 1952 | Berthold Koch | |
| 1951 | Georg Stein | |
| 1950 | Rudolf Elstner | |
| Soviet zone champions 1946-1949 | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 1949 | Wolfgang Pietzsch | |
| 1948 | Rudolf Teschner | |
| 1947 | Lothar Schmid | |
| 1946 | Berthold Koch | |
| Western zone champions 1947–1953 | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 1953 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| 1951 | Rudolf Teschner | |
| 1950 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| 1949 | Efim Bogoljubow | |
| 1948 | Wolfgang Unzicker | |
| 1947 | Georg Kieninger | |
| German champions 1933-1943 | ||
| Year | Champion | |
| 1943 | Josef Lokvenc | |
| 1942 | Ludwig Rellstab | |
| 1941 | Paul Felix Schmidt, Klaus Junge | |
| 1940 | Georg Kieninger | |
| 1939 | Erich Eliskases | |
| 1938 | Erich Eliskases | |
| 1937 | Georg Kieninger | |
| 1935 | Kurt Richter | |
| 1934 | Carl Carls | |
| 1933 | Efim Bogoljubow | |
